Jack Ebling named Michigan's Sportscaster of the Year

Jack Ebling of 92.1 WQTX-FM and FOX 47, and a longtime former sportswriter at the Lansing State Journal, was named the state’s 2017 Sportscaster of the Year for the first time by the National Sports Media Association.

He won the state’s Sportswriter of the Year award three times when he worked at the LSJ.

Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press won the sportswriter award this year. The awards were given for all 50 states.

Selected for the group's Hall of Fame were Thomas Boswell, Woody Durham, Bryant Gumble and Dick Weiss. Kevin Harlan was named the National Sportscaster of the Year and ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski as the National Sportswriter of the Year.